ctsooner
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| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Loved those Artemis Eos with bass mods. Heard them for the first time in a store in Dallas with top of the line AN/Japan components and I was floored. Owned the Proacs. Couldn't fit the Response 3.8's or I would have owned them. Never spent much t... | |
| Which Audioquest XLR? Wolf, that's awesome. One of the first people I've ever met who can say that. Please share your system. I'd love to know what I'm missing as would many engineers who read the forums. The more upgrades most folks make, the more noise they are able ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Have spent a fair amount of time lately to the Wilson line from Alexia on down. They are very fast and neutral. They will let you hear the differences in your components. The Sophia 3 maybe more musical than the Sasha. I also liked the Rockports I... | |
| Rockport Avior or Magico S5 Lot's of strong suggestions, but it comes down to YOU. Go listen. Make a list of 4 or so maybe and bring your music and see what you like. Then try and get them to let you bring them home to eval. Then you can get what YOU love and not waste money... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I personally have loved most any speaker using a carbon fiber variant for the Tweeter and a fiber Mid range. Just very natural and open as heck. FAST is a word that comes to mind. I have heard ceramics sound great too, but not like carbon drivers ... | |
| Which Audioquest XLR? By using a cable with the packs on you will get a much lower noise floor. I've done this in the store using the non battery pack cable with the next up in the line that uses them...I've heard them on their speaker cables as well as balance and RCA... | |
| Proac problem: tweeters or crossover? I was just about to say polarity and then read your response, lol. I have had many sets of Proacs since the 90's (just sold off three pair) and everytime we worked on the tweeters, we were so careful to hook them back up correctly as the first tim... | |
| Which Audioquest XLR? I decided to go up to the Niagara, however with the budget you probably have, I'd say just go to any that use the battery pack and you will be happy. That pack makes the world of difference and they all have the same sound profile. You can find us... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Interesting thread turn, but worth it for sure. Yes we all need to do our part. The sad thing is that greed from big oil as well as the car manufacturers not named Tesla are giving us what they tell us we want. They just block the infrastructure t... | |
| Vandersteen 5a Carbons String, I have thought the same thing. I know a TON of musicians who have Vandy's from the 1's to the 7's. You can live with them and sing along. If you feed them a top signal you will get everything you paid for. I also find it funny that when yo... | |
| Rockport Avior or Magico S5 I've heard both with SS and tube gear. The Rockports just aren't my cup of tea, however they are loved by many. I'm not a Magico guy for the money either. Personally, I've heard far less expensive speakers sound better IMHO, but again, it's all ab... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, sounds awesome. I'm sick of the snow. Just a pain, lol. I'll call you later if I have some time as I've upgraded a ton and I think I'm about to do it again. lol....it's YOUR fault Matt ;) | |
| Vandersteen 5a Carbons Troy why can't yo show your face? Where have you gone? Hit and run? Troy, just admit that you HAVEN'T heard the Vandy line in ages. Popping your head in the door at an event doesn't count. Not one thing you wrote about the Vandy line is true. Not ... | |
| ARC Phono Ref 2 SE - Dealer Demo Unit Worth Price? Thanks for correcting me. The line is newer to me, but I've been floored by everything they make. | |
| Vandersteen 5a Carbons Troy, let's get into this if you want to so badly. First off please let us at least know what dealership you work for. That would be the best start. I'm not a dealer. I've been in and around this hobby since I was 9 (1969). Got to meet Mr Klipsch ... |